Hochschule für Musik Würzburg

University of music

Hochschule für Musik Würzburg

Former name	Collegium musicum academicum
Established	1797; 227 years ago (1797)
Founder	Franz Joseph Fröhlich
President	Christoph Wünsch
Students	650
Location	Würzburg, Germany
Website	Official website

The Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (University of Music Würzburg) was founded in 1797 by Franz Joseph Fröhlich as Collegium musicum academicum (Academic college of music). From 1921 to 1973, it was named Bayerisches Staatskonservatorium der Musik (Bavarian State Conservatory of Music). The current name was given on 1 September 1973.

It is located in three buildings. The number of full-time students was about 650 in 2007.

Subjects

The university offers a Bachelor of Music degree in artistic and educational programs:

accordion
conducting
voice
guitar
historical instruments
jazz
church music
piano
composition
music theory
orchestral instruments
organ
elementary music education

There are several graduate programs and the possibility of promotion. Musically gifted children and adolescents are specifically promoted by the university (musical ECI).

Faculty and alumni

Carlo Buonamici, pianist^[1]
Karl Muck (1859–1940), conductor
Fritz Huth [de] (1908–1980), hornist
Bertold Hummel (1925–2002), composer
Siegfried Fink (1928–2006), percussionist and composer
Ernst Hoffmann [de] (1928–2016), composer
Martin Göß [de] (1936–2018), trombonist
Klaus Hinrich Stahmer (born 1941), composer and musicologist
Heinz Winbeck (1946–2019), composer
Ulrich Schultheiss [de] (born 1956), composer and academic teacher
Christoph Bossert [de] (born 1957), organist
Kolja Lessing (born 1961), violinist, pianist, composer and academic teacher
Bernd Glemser (born 1962), pianist
Roland Böer (born 1970), conductor and festival manager
Patrick Lange (born 1981), conductor
Hong Jinho (born 1985), cellist and member of Hoppipolla
Tobias Feldmann (born 1991), violinist, finalist of Elisabeth Competition

References

^ "Obituary: Carlo Buonamici". The Musical Courier: 31. October 7, 1920.

External links

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Literature by and about Hochschule für Musik Würzburg in the German National Library catalogue
Dieter Kirsch: Hochschule für Musik, Würzburg. In: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns